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Welcome to the art of Betsy Jones
Betsy passed away on 21
May 2020 after a long battle with congestive heart failure. On these pages are
photos of some of the many works she produced during over 50 years as a
professional artist. See her obituary below.
"Rancho Sisquoc Vineyards"
Acrylic on Canvas, 36x48
Betsy has been painting for over 50 years. She has resided on
California's Central Coast for the past 30 years where she paints landscapes and
seascapes of this most beautiful of regions. She is well-known for her paintings
of the Central Coast vineyards, having lived her childhood in the Napa Valley
among the vineyards.
The California Central Coast wine region is growing
explosively. We invite you to visit the area, enjoy the relaxed lifestyle, the
fine wines and Betsy's art.
Elizabeth "Betsy" Ann Jones
August 15, 1942 - May 21, 2020
Betsy
Jones, 77, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020 in Goodyear,
Arizona a place she had made her home with her husband Ed for
the past five years after moving there from Santa Maria,
California. Betsy was born on August 15, 1942 in Napa,
California to William and Muriel (Gaffney) Walker.
It is
with the heaviest of hearts that we bid farewell and Godspeed to
Betsy Jones. Betsy will be remembered as a loving and loyal Air
Force wife, devoted mother, and fierce friend who endured long
separations when Ed was deployed to Southeast Asia. She handled
these separations with grace, strength, and elegance. She was a
consummate entertainer and had a glow in her spirit that drew
people to her.
While Betsys family and friends were her
loves, she also had a lifelong passion for the arts. She had a
special fondness for southwestern art and pottery. Betsy herself
was a prolific landscape artist whose subject matter was drawn
from the areas where she and Ed were living. She filled her days
of separation with painting and entertaining.
In North
Dakota, she painted old barns and prairie scenes. In Santa
Maria, California, she became known as "The Vineyard Artist"
painting the beautiful vineyards of the Central California
coast. She also loved to paint scenes of the coast with Morro
Bay and Monterey being two of her favorite subjects. Ed and
Betsy spent many days driving around the countryside to
photograph new subjects which Betsy would transform into works
of art which Ed would frame. Upon arriving in Arizona, Betsy was
fascinated with the play of light on the desert. This was
reflected in the paintings she did here. Her art made you want
to take a walk in the scenes she captured. Her clients became
her friends and extended family because she felt that art was a
very personal thing. She loved the people that loved her art and
they loved her back.
Betsy is survived by Ed, her
husband of 56 years; sons Mark (Pamela) and Steven (Malissa) and
six grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for
Betsy on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 10:30am at Saint Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church in Avondale, Arizona. Burial is at the
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Cave Creek, Arizona. In
lieu of flowers donations made be made in Betsy's name to Saint
Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, The Alzheimer's Foundation, or a
charity of your choice.
Goodyear, AZ
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